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2021 Ballon d'Or Highlights
Date: 29 November 2021
Location: Paris, France
Presented by France Football
Hosted by Sandy Heribert and Didier Drogba
Best Men's Player of the year: Lionel Messi
Best Women's Player of the year: Alexia Putellas.
Best Striker: Robert Lewandowski
Best Club: Chelsea (10 nominees)
Messi 34, wins the 7th Ballon d'or Award defeating Polish Lewandowski and Chelsea's Jorginho. He set a record as he has the most balloon d'or titles at the moment followed by his all-time rival, Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 of them. It should be noted that the nominees for the ceremony were announced on the 8th October, 2021.
Image credit: France Football.
Messi Statistics that saw him win the Seventh Ballon d'or Award 2021
⚫ Messi won the Copa America title with Argentina.
⚫ He scored a total of 40 goals; 28 for FC Barcelona, 4 for current club Paris Saint Germain and 8 for Argentina.
Ballon d'Or results - Player rating
1. Lionel Messi (Paris St-Germain/Argentina, forward)
2. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland, forward)
3. Jorginho (Chelsea/Italy, midfielder)
4. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France, forward)
5. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea/France, midfielder)
6. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal, forward)
7. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt, forward)
8. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium, midfielder)
9. Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain/France, forward)
10. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris St-Germain/Italy, goalkeeper)
11. Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Norway, forward)
12. Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea/Belgium, forward)
13. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/Italy, defender)
14. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Italy, defender)
15. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City/England, forward)
16. Neymar (Paris St-Germain/Brazil, forward)
17. Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid/Uruguay, forward)
18. Simon Kjaer (AC Milan/Denmark, defender)
19. Mason Mount (Chelsea/England, midfielder)
20. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City/Algeria, forward)
21. Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/Portugal, midfielder), tied with Lautauro Martinez (Inter Milan/Argentina, forward)
23. Harry Kane (Tottenham/England, forward)
24. Pedri (Barcelona/Spain, midfielder)
25. Phil Foden (Manchester City/England, forward)
27. Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan/Italy, midfielder), tied with Ruben Dias (Manchester City/Portugal, defender) and Gerard Moreno (Villarreal/Spain, forward)
29. Luka Modric (Real Madrid/Croatia, midfielder), tied with Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea/Spain, defender)
